Trouser hanger



R. G. ROGALLA TROUSER HANGER Feb. 8, 1949.

Filed June 12, 1946 .22. az azza v Vl /V70/f Patented Feb. 8, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to garment hangers, and more particularly to hangers designed for use in supporting trousers in such a way that there will be no fold marks or marks from the hanger on the trousers supported thereby.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger having means to engage within the cuffs of the trousers in supporting the trousers.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a. hanger constructed of spring wire material embodying connected sections which are forced towards each other to clamp the trousers, by means of the spring-supported hook, which connects the sections.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein described, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trousers hanger constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmental end elevational view of the hanger.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the hanger embodies a length of wire material formed in such a way as to provide a pair of hanger sections 5 and 6, the sections being connected by a hook I formed integral with the sections, as clearly shown by Figure 1 of the drawing. Since this hook is a continuation of the hanger sections, and because the material of which the hanger is constructed is of a yieldable character, it will be seen that the hook I will not only support the hanger on a clothes pole or other sup port, but will tend to draw the sections towards each other to clamp the trousers and prevent slipping of the trousers from the hanger.

As clearly shown by the drawing, each of these hanger sections is substantially triangular in formation, the lower rod 8 of each section being extended downwardly, inwardly and upwardly, providing clearances or spaces 9 at the ends of the sections, for the reception of the cuffs of the trousers, in which the rods 8 of the sections are extended.

Intermediate the ends of the lower rods of the hanger sections, are tongues III, which are of lengths to extend into the cuffs of the trousers the lower rods and providing spaces at the ends 2 to hold the cuffs extended at the central portions thereof.

Due to the construction shown and described,

in the manner shown in dotted lines in Figure 2 of the drawing, the trousers will hang from the cuffs, and since the hanger sections are yieldably connected by means of the yieldable hook 7, the lower rods f the hangers will be drawn towards each other to clamp the trousers.

It might be further stated that with a hanger as shown, trousers may be readily and easily sup ported by the hanger, without danger of the trousers slipping, due to thefolding of the cuffs upwardly under the weight of the trousers supported thereby.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is? 1. A trousers hanger formed of a length of wire material constructed to provide triangular pa-ralle1 identical hanger sections, a spring hook formed integral-with the sections normally drawing the sections towards eachother, a lower rod forming a part of each hanger section, the ends of said sections being extended downwardly, inwardly and upwardly forming continuations of the hanger, and tongues formed on the rods in-' termediate the ends of the rods, said tongues extending downwardly for positioning within the cuffs of trousers.

ROBERT G. ROGALLA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,334,798 Saito Mar. 23, 1920 2,343,865 Heitzman Mar. 14, 1944 

